harvard sports medicine 2026

Harvard Medical School

Harvard Sports Medicine 2026

Comprehensive Update in Injury Management, Rehabilitation & Performance Care

📦 Product Details

• Format: 64 Videos + 64 Subtitles (.vtt) + 52 PDFs
• Total Size: 15.29 GB
• Course Date: March 18–21, 2026
• Access: On-demand
• Level: Advanced Clinical Update

🏃 Program Overview

The Harvard Sports Medicine 2026 course delivers a cutting-edge, evidence-based update on the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of sports-related injuries.

This comprehensive program integrates expertise from orthopedics, physical medicine & rehabilitation, and musculoskeletal radiology, providing a 360° approach to athlete care—from injury prevention to safe return-to-play.

Learn directly from world-renowned specialists, including team physicians from elite organizations, and gain practical insights you can immediately apply in clinical practice.

🎯 Key Features

• 60+ expert-led lectures and case discussions
• Multidisciplinary approach (orthopedics + PM&R + radiology)
• Focus on real-world injury management and rehab
• Includes subtitles and downloadable PDFs
• Covers both elite athletes and general active populations

📚 What You Will Learn

• Diagnose and manage complex sports injuries (upper & lower extremities)
• Apply advanced imaging techniques (MRI, CT, dynamic studies)
• Develop rehabilitation and return-to-play protocols
• Utilize orthobiologics (PRP, PPP) and regenerative therapies
• Decide when to pursue conservative vs surgical management
• Optimize injury prevention and performance strategies
• Address nutrition, mental health, and athlete-specific factors

🧩 Core Topics Covered

🦴 Upper Extremity Injuries

• Shoulder instability and dislocation
• Scapular mechanics and throwing injuries
• Elbow and wrist injuries (racquet sports, throwing athletes)
• Fracture management and imaging

🦵 Lower Extremity Injuries

• Ankle sprains and instability
• Meniscus injuries and joint preservation
• Knee tendinopathy and injury prevention
• Groin pain and athletic pubalgia

🧠 Neurology & Concussion

• Sports-related concussion and TBI
• Vestibulo-ocular rehabilitation
• Functional movement disorders in athletes

🧪 Imaging & Diagnostics

• Advanced MRI and CT interpretation
• Weight-bearing and dynamic imaging
• Ultrasound-guided procedures

💉 Regenerative & Minimally Invasive Therapies

• Platelet-rich plasma (PRP/PPP)
• Shockwave therapy
• Ultrasound-guided interventions
• Subchondral bone techniques

⚙️ Rehabilitation & Performance

• Return-to-play strategies
• Load management and overtraining
• Physical therapy innovations
• Injury prevention programs

🏅 Specialized Athlete Care

• Baseball, cycling, dance, and crew medicine
• Para-athlete injury management
• Gender-specific considerations in sports medicine
• Elite vs recreational athlete care

❤️ Whole-Athlete Health

• Nutrition and iron deficiency
• Cardiopulmonary assessment
• Mental health in athletes
• Infection-related performance issues

👨‍⚕️ Target Audience

• Sports medicine physicians
• Orthopedic surgeons
• Physical medicine & rehabilitation specialists
• Physical therapists
• Family and internal medicine physicians
• Emergency medicine physicians
• Pediatric & adolescent medicine providers

🚀 Why This Course Stands Out

• One of the most comprehensive sports medicine updates (2026)
• Integrates diagnosis, treatment, rehab, and performance care
• Strong focus on practical, real-world clinical application
• Covers both surgical and non-surgical approaches
• Delivered by leading experts from Harvard Medical School

4. Topics

1. 01 Mark Price, MD, PhD Memorial Lecture Shoulder Dislocation Update in Elite Athletes and Armed Forces

2. 02 AC Joint Instability

3. 03 USG Shoulder Injections Evidence Based

4. 04 Advanced Imaging (MR and CT) Shoulder Instability

5. 05 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

6. 06 Scapulothoracic Abnormal Movement (STAM) Why This New Term

7. 07 MLB Scapular Mechanics in the Throwing Athlete

8. 08 Rehab and Return to Play Shoulder Instability and STAM

9. 09 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

10. 10 Management of Elbow and Wrist Injuries in Racquet Sports

11. 11 Biceps and Triceps Injury

12. 12 US Evaluation of Thrower’s Elbow

13. 13 Rehab and Return to Play Thrower’s Elbow

14. 14 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

15. 15 Para Athlete Overuse and Traumatic Injury Management

16. 16 Common Wrist Fractures in Athletes Surgical Indications

17. 17 Approach to Radiographs in Elbow and Wrist Fractures

18. 18 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

19. 19 Sport Dystonia and Functional Movement Disorders in Athletes

20. 20 Sports-Related TBI Concussion Future Directions

21. 21 Vestibulo-ocular Rehabilitation and RTP

22. 22 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

23. 23 Ankle Sprains Surgical Indications

24. 24 Ankle Sprains RTP in the NFL

25. 25 Imaging Innovations Weight-Bearing and Dynamic Studies

26. 26 Interesting Ankle Cases Rehab Pearls

27. 27 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

28. 28 Saving the Meniscus Update on Repair

29. 29 Lost in Resection Pathways Beyond the Failed Meniscectomy

30. 30 The Principles and Art of Joint Restoration

31. 31 MRI Meniscus and Company

32. 32 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

33. 33 Knee Extensor Mechanism Tendinopathy

34. 34 NBA Knee Injury Prevention

35. 35 WNBA Approach to Player Health

36. 36 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

37. 37 Groin Pain in the Athlete Optimizing Management

38. 38 PWHL How Is Groin Pain Approach Different in Female Athletes

39. 39 MRI of Athletic Pubalgia

40. 40 Rehab and Return to Plan Approach to Adductor Injury

41. 41 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

42. 42 Minimally Invasive US Procedures Ready for Primetime

43. 43 PPP for Acute Muscle Injury

44. 44 Subchondral Bone Techniques

45. 45 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

46. 46 Crew Medicine

47. 47 Dance Medicine

48. 48 Para Winter Games

49. 49 Cycling Medicine

50. 50 Baseball

51. 51 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

52. 52 Shockwave therapy

53. 53 Trigger point and dry needling

54. 54 Osteopathic medicine

55. 55 Debate PRP vs PPP

56. 56 Paradigms in Physical Therapy and Load Management

57. 57 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion

58. 58 Nutrition

59. 59 Cardiopulmonary Assessment

60. 60 Iron Deficiency

61. 61 Infection Lyme, Mono and More

62. 62 Overtraining and load management

63. 63 Mental Health

64. 64 Audience Q+A, Expert Panel Discussion